Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18
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wllt eonsiuns % drink e. lang - Ne
Government exfs1a there ta les4 tne9x-
featien ana dfankeunssE, hoWsveEs tnsn
ever bafoEe, au4 80 1uN4n AgpeltzS
comes nuaes better cenisoi ysaK afisE
veas, Fou ufu rarely SO . eg1FFeas-
fnan intexieafed nos, thouRh tna house
waa fall 81 drunken statesmen q s1s
faFa before ahe waF, an1 tns pfun iniilo9
ae.Stimana uhich y sprInain1 40 81
uVex tie eouufky has msde many . PAD
"A nzan taetg1alIer. 1saat0E WilB9u,
81 lows, bslisvss that pF0hibition VII
- uafionai question, and be dEinks
s,oahfno esFuneEr than UnlGx. H9n8sQ4
0olnnitf. on Georgia, hegtanoa % ten
s,nFauca. aud She oulY BquoE that ice
hEown drinks h Adams aie. bEeWn
pna 4 tsrnoefamra naan IN GeoTRiA wnen
Il - denaetnas 20 b che. He Il 81
rIfllaF Of fhs Bspliss church. and be BE-
ifeses Il uuf6 water aud ioeB Of u.
Blair a Risn 4 teatgfalles, and ApooneEs
~ WI1oonsIn. believes that STRONG
lffnkn should Be very d6lleatelg han-
dIed. euonnsr read q temperance leo
fage 10 ore Of hia senatafint ffieu4s ne
ofhnr dsv ID sir0nQ language, ssillna
rim he was aoinR % tie devil and that
ke had Nc business 10 les bis m0ufn run
awny vita hls brains.
Garland lefs % dFinkina yesEa ego,
making tie resolution 20 gus one day
whIIa a tie oemetsfy 81 Little hook.
he here locked nt grave after grave Of
vonna men whom be bad known Whsn
he wa ynanR, eaoh Of WHOM bad start.
"a fife e veil "a 81 himself, bat 81 -
whom lad been literally ruined By
Nlnuof. AZ Be looked aa the graves be
oornmnned With himself These my
VnnnQ friends, are aid gones ana e 10
cav % zee what has carried them away.
fah moi strange that hare been spared
ana Wiii fse aame fate happen y ne 90
kna haupened 10 themr And a. be
thpuahi &c decided that he had already
had ia share Of alcohoi end be there
nadn 10 his mind that be wouldnt
drink anybody elsa's share. Ne suore
% chen, and she story ID thas he has
never iouehed g drop sinee.
Ona Of the brightest Of the bon pisanis
Of Washinat0n daring the past few
yeara vas jim Bedford, Of Colorado,
ana ha woald have held mach higher
place ID politics bad Il not heen for bis
love 81 lfanof. He was 20 full Of vii
that his friends liked 70 loosen BE
annaua With old Kentucky bourbon, and
nnng 81 the speeches which sot ths
oounify roaring slipped cot o. Belfofd'a
mouth when is maohlneEy was oiled
With whlaky, He fnaily sac, however,
that be eauid not Fafuain a. washington
and Keep sohaF and be dropped ont Of
politics and vent back 70 penEef.
saw him lhafe last summer. he vas Hs
bright aa 3 silver dollar, e. straight as 3
string and he told NE be bad not taken
8 drop for moaths. he said pc oeliesed
chat prohibition would eventually rule
thla country aud as an afRument Cd
duosd The fact that The canae Of ten
peFancs bad %. 0o0. 900 supporters 10 TIE
wives Of the voters Of the uonntfy, Who
nonla plead their Gauss IN their hus-
bands ears when thsy Jay 3 size toeiF
mouths on the pillow az night. "Ihere
4. WN .W#1 lMHAL1fIL - 80 WIFI -
THAI said Jndae BalfeFd, sAnd the r.
sull D a. inevitable ns The advance Of
time.a
There was member Of tha last san
sta Who remained "a 4 chronic stAie Of
Ansaxieatl0n ana ualinBas during The
whole session, and the senators who
have been ruined By liquor aFe many.
Willard Hanlahury. OF DalewaEs. the
hfoiher Of senator Eli Salisbury, vas
enc, and John Randolph Of Roanoke,
wna often Thought mad when be vas
mernlv dFank. Daniel Webster fire.
qnently drank 20 excesa, ard ohovaher
HAoonft, ia bis "Reminiscences Of
Diplomat,n states that be vas drunk 90
Z White House dinner al which be vas
present. Webster vas fond OF old
bourbon aad be was al adept % punch
mailing. He vas . high liver and Z kept
him ID debt 10 an The atomachs Of him-
elf and his fKiendA II vas not oonaid-
cred IN evil 10 drink when be vas fn bis
crime, and thetFush 10 thai nearly all
uur presidents have been drinking men.
General Washington Invariably drank
Eve giAasas Of Madeira a. dinneE. and
Ne Item % whisky formed large paft
Of hia campaign expaneea when be ran
for che house Of hnfgeaaes Of Virginia.
Thomas yeifersop Vas good judge Of
vines, and spent ell, 00e for dFinka while
be wae president. He never put vine
an the table until after tho cloth was
FennoVod. Webster, who waited him at
Non,ieollo. SAYS that his wines were of
tha PaFcst kinda. Madison had q good
vine eailar. bot be drank emily q single
glass az Madeira at dinner, and his body
serVant sAi6 that be did not believe thai
h had drunk q quart Of tEandy IN hia
whole life. Andrew jackson served bar
rala of grange punch 10 HE guests The
nizha after BE- vas inanguFaeed, ans this
punch wa hFonghl Ia buckets into the
east roam, and ahe oarpet waa ruined
By che eaRarnese Of the gaeats 10 Get at
Il. PFesiaent Tyler Imported bic own
MadaigA, and hla brandy cost HIN =
gallon. He bFouRks bis ram from Santa
ofn1, and Ne raised the corn on bis own
estate wAich was exchanged for bis
Madeira wine. Old staeers tell me that
FFaakiin Pierce drank more than be
should have done uhile be waa In The
senata and before be vas elected presi-
Dent. and thaa Rashananss vine cellars
were pEeyed upaa BY bis servants
AndEeu 1ohnson VS. intoxicated when
be vas inanguFatod vice presiasut, and
be became % On account o. q drinking
bent whiah be bad engaged IN che niRht
pfeviona tie Awoke on Inauguration
oag Nth = bad tasie IN bis meuih.
eenid noa eat eny hreakfest aud hurried
up b ne eaPil0l lie there mea John
w. Fegney, wbe wsa than claxk a. tha
senate. and aaked Forney fof drink.
ferneg HANDED hlm bottle Of whfsky
and 4 goblet aohuson peared this halt
fol- ana drank Il siFaiEht. he sben
poured eut ~ much nsers ard Eaipea Il
doun. and The Fesalt Was that fse ma-
menia later be vas as drunk a. tsEd.
He dlzgsaeed TIE unitad States IN the
HpseeA that be nada en- tits occasion.
and thcnea the peopte never kneW The
true tn9afdnaza % the matter. TIE reg
resentatlves % the foreiee eovernnenta.
the saptene ee0Ft and ell within hear
los osnid see that be vas interested.
fresldHne AFthaT Waa ecuncisssaf %
winsa. He bad them al all his state
dinners. ana USUALLY AZ he priyate anes
~ well. His oAcioesl brad gas some
Madeira watch Sam Ward aave aim. eut
he never drank 10 exosss. President
Cleveland IL aaid 90 be fond Of beer,
thsazh | en- toid 81 the white House
thai be does eoi drink two do1en bottles
year. he nses wines AZ bis slAie On